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Missouri's 1st congressional district

70 members have held this seat since Dec 3, 1821. Now: Wesley Bell D.

Holders
70
51 D · 9 R · 2 A · 2 UU · 1 U · 1 J · 1 J · 1 W · 1 IRD · 1 ID
Longest tenure
10 years
William Lacy Clay Sr.
Current
21 months
Wesley Bell, since Jan 3, 2025
history/seat/mo-1Every holder, newest first
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1840186018801900192019401960198020002020John Scott · 1821-12-03 – 1823-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Scott · 1823-12-01 – 1825-03-04John Scott · 1825-12-05 – 1827-03-04 · AdamsEdward Bates · 1827-12-03 – 1829-03-04 · AdamsSpencer Darwin Pettis · 1829-12-07 – 1831-03-04 · JacksonWilliam Henry Ashley · 1831-12-05 – 1833-03-04 · JacksonianJames Butler Bowlin · 1847-12-06 – 1849-03-04 · DemocratJames Butler Bowlin · 1849-12-03 – 1851-03-04 · DemocratJohn Fletcher Darby · 1851-12-01 – 1853-03-04 · WhigThomas Hart Benton · 1853-12-05 – 1855-03-04 · DemocratLuther Martin Kennett · 1855-12-03 – 1857-03-04 · Ind. Republican-DemocratFrancis Preston Blair Jr. · 1857-12-07 – 1859-03-04 · Ind. DemocratJohn Richard Barret · 1859-12-05 – 1861-03-04 · DemocratFrancis Preston Blair Jr. · 1861-07-04 – 1863-03-04 · RepublicanSamuel Knox · 1863-12-07 – 1865-03-04 · Unconditional UnionistJohn Hogan · 1865-12-04 – 1867-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Anderson Pile · 1867-03-04 – 1869-03-04 · RepublicanErastus Wells · 1869-03-04 – 1873-03-04 · DemocratEdwin Obed Stanard · 1873-12-01 – 1875-03-04 · RepublicanEdward Charles Kehr · 1875-12-06 – 1877-03-04 · DemocratAnthony Friday Ittner · 1877-10-15 – 1879-03-04 · RepublicanMartin Linn Clardy · 1879-03-18 – 1881-03-04 · DemocratMartin Linn Clardy · 1881-12-05 – 1883-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Henry Hatch · 1883-12-03 – 1885-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Henry Hatch · 1885-12-07 – 1887-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Henry Hatch · 1887-12-05 – 1889-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Henry Hatch · 1889-12-02 – 1891-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Henry Hatch · 1891-12-07 – 1893-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Henry Hatch · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · DemocratCharles Nelson Clark · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · RepublicanJames Tilghman Lloyd · 1897-03-15 – 1899-03-04 · DemocratJames Tilghman Lloyd · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · DemocratJames Tilghman Lloyd · 1901-12-02 – 1903-03-04 · DemocratJames Tilghman Lloyd · 1903-11-09 – 1905-03-04 · DemocratJames Tilghman Lloyd · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · DemocratJames Tilghman Lloyd · 1907-12-02 – 1909-03-04 · DemocratJames Tilghman Lloyd · 1909-03-15 – 1911-03-04 · DemocratJames Tilghman Lloyd · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · DemocratJames Tilghman Lloyd · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · DemocratJames Tilghman Lloyd · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · DemocratMilton Andrew Romjue · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · DemocratMilton Andrew Romjue · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · DemocratFrank Crenshaw Millspaugh · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · RepublicanMilton Andrew Romjue · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · DemocratMilton Andrew Romjue · 1925-12-07 – 1927-03-05 · DemocratMilton Andrew Romjue · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · DemocratMilton Andrew Romjue · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · DemocratMilton Andrew Romjue · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · DemocratMilton Andrew Romjue · 1935-01-03 – 1943-01-04 · DemocratSamuel Washington Arnold · 1943-01-06 – 1949-01-04 · RepublicanFrank Melvin Karsten · 1953-01-03 – 1959-01-04 · DemocratFrank Melvin Karsten · 1959-01-07 – 1963-01-04 · DemocratFrank Melvin Karsten · 1963-01-09 – 1967-01-04 · DemocratFrank Melvin Karsten · 1967-01-10 – 1969-01-04 · DemocratWilliam Lacy Clay Sr. · 1971-01-21 – 1975-01-04 · DemocratWilliam Lacy Clay Sr. · 1975-01-14 – 1979-01-04 · DemocratWilliam Lacy Clay Sr. · 1979-01-15 – 1987-01-04 · DemocratWilliam Lacy Clay Sr. · 1987-01-06 – 1997-01-04 · DemocratWilliam Lacy Clay Sr. · 1997-01-07 – 1999-01-04 · DemocratWilliam Lacy Clay Sr. · 1999-01-06 – 2001-01-04 · DemocratWm. Lacy Clay · 2003-01-07 – 2009-01-04 · DemocratWm. Lacy Clay · 2009-01-06 – 2015-01-04 · DemocratWm. Lacy Clay · 2015-01-06 – 2021-01-04 · DemocratWesley Bell · 2025-01-03 – present · DemocratFrancis Preston Blair Jr. · 1859-12-05 – 1861-03-04 · RepublicanFrancis Preston Blair Jr. · 1863-12-07 – 1865-03-04 · Unconditional UnionistClare Magee · 1949-01-03 – 1953-01-04 · DemocratWilliam Lacy Clay Sr. · 1969-01-03 – 1971-01-04 · DemocratWm. Lacy Clay · 2001-01-03 – 2003-01-04 · DemocratCori Bush · 2021-01-03 – 2025-01-04 · Democrat
Wesley Bell D
Jan 3, 2025 – present · 21 months
Cori Bush D
Jan 3, 2021 – Jan 4, 2025 · 4 years
Wm. Lacy Clay D
Jan 6, 2015 – Jan 4, 2021 · 6 years
Wm. Lacy Clay D
Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 4, 2015 · 6 years
Wm. Lacy Clay D
Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 4, 2009 · 6 years
Wm. Lacy Clay D
Jan 3, 2001 – Jan 4, 2003 · 2 years
William Lacy Clay Sr. D
Jan 6, 1999 – Jan 4, 2001 · 2 years
William Lacy Clay Sr. D
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 1999 · 2 years
William Lacy Clay Sr. D
Jan 6, 1987 – Jan 4, 1997 · 10 years
William Lacy Clay Sr. D
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1987 · 8 years
William Lacy Clay Sr. D
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1979 · 4 years
William Lacy Clay Sr. D
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1975 · 4 years
William Lacy Clay Sr. D
Jan 3, 1969 – Jan 4, 1971 · 2 years
Frank Melvin Karsten D
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1969 · 2 years
Frank Melvin Karsten D
Jan 9, 1963 – Jan 4, 1967 · 4 years
Frank Melvin Karsten D
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1963 · 4 years
Frank Melvin Karsten D
Jan 3, 1953 – Jan 4, 1959 · 6 years
Clare Magee D
Jan 3, 1949 – Jan 4, 1953 · 4 years
Samuel Washington Arnold R
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1949 · 6 years
Milton Andrew Romjue D
Jan 3, 1935 – Jan 4, 1943 · 8 years
Milton Andrew Romjue D
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
Milton Andrew Romjue D
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
Milton Andrew Romjue D
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
Milton Andrew Romjue D
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 15 months
Milton Andrew Romjue D
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
Frank Crenshaw Millspaugh R
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
Milton Andrew Romjue D
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
Milton Andrew Romjue D
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
James Tilghman Lloyd D
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
James Tilghman Lloyd D
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
James Tilghman Lloyd D
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
James Tilghman Lloyd D
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1911 · 2 years
James Tilghman Lloyd D
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1909 · 15 months
James Tilghman Lloyd D
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
James Tilghman Lloyd D
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1905 · 16 months
James Tilghman Lloyd D
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1903 · 15 months
James Tilghman Lloyd D
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
James Tilghman Lloyd D
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1899 · 2 years
Charles Nelson Clark R
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
William Henry Hatch D
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months
William Henry Hatch D
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1893 · 15 months
William Henry Hatch D
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1891 · 15 months
William Henry Hatch D
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1889 · 15 months
William Henry Hatch D
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1887 · 15 months
William Henry Hatch D
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1885 · 15 months
Martin Linn Clardy D
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1883 · 15 months
Martin Linn Clardy D
Mar 18, 1879 – Mar 4, 1881 · 2 years
Anthony Friday Ittner R
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1879 · 17 months
Edward Charles Kehr D
Dec 6, 1875 – Mar 4, 1877 · 15 months
Edwin Obed Stanard R
Dec 1, 1873 – Mar 4, 1875 · 15 months
Erastus Wells D
Mar 4, 1869 – Mar 4, 1873 · 4 years
William Anderson Pile R
Mar 4, 1867 – Mar 4, 1869 · 2 years
John Hogan D
Dec 4, 1865 – Mar 4, 1867 · 15 months
Samuel Knox UU
Dec 7, 1863 – Mar 4, 1865 · 15 months
Francis Preston Blair Jr. UU
Dec 7, 1863 – Mar 4, 1865 · 15 months
Francis Preston Blair Jr. R
Jul 4, 1861 – Mar 4, 1863 · 20 months
John Richard Barret D
Dec 5, 1859 – Mar 4, 1861 · 15 months
Francis Preston Blair Jr. R
Dec 5, 1859 – Mar 4, 1861 · 15 months
Francis Preston Blair Jr. ID
Dec 7, 1857 – Mar 4, 1859 · 15 months
Luther Martin Kennett IRD
Dec 3, 1855 – Mar 4, 1857 · 15 months
Thomas Hart Benton D
Dec 5, 1853 – Mar 4, 1855 · 15 months
John Fletcher Darby W
Dec 1, 1851 – Mar 4, 1853 · 15 months
James Butler Bowlin D
Dec 3, 1849 – Mar 4, 1851 · 15 months
James Butler Bowlin D
Dec 6, 1847 – Mar 4, 1849 · 15 months
William Henry Ashley J
Dec 5, 1831 – Mar 4, 1833 · 15 months
Spencer Darwin Pettis J
Dec 7, 1829 – Mar 4, 1831 · 15 months
Edward Bates A
Dec 3, 1827 – Mar 4, 1829 · 15 months
John Scott A
Dec 5, 1825 – Mar 4, 1827 · 15 months
John Scott
Dec 1, 1823 – Mar 4, 1825 · 15 months
John Scott R
Dec 3, 1821 – Mar 4, 1823 · 15 months

Dates are from the @unitedstates congress-legislators project. Consecutive terms of one person are merged.